Now we may not have flying cars just yet, but we have made some extreme advances in technology from the evolution of the internet to Google's "driverless" cars, but along with technology comes consequence. In almost all of Hollywood's depiction, positive technology usually leads to some negative effect on society and/or the planet. In movies such as "the Matrix" and the "Terminator" series, technology actually advances so far that it threatens humankind's existence. In other movies like the animated hit "Wall-E", technology eventually turns all of society into useless, obese people(which we know isn't far from the truth, as heart disease and stroke have moved to the #1 and #4 causes of death in America. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm), but that's a discussion for a different time. I want to talk about the other "moral story" of "Wall-E", the one where we let technology destroy our planet, forcing us into space...
Cus this right here, is not far away if we don't do something.
Luckily, a group of young people in Colorado, has decided to start a movement. A movement to make a change, and a movement that will hopefully spread. With radioactive waste dumping into the Pacific Ocean everyday because of the nuclear reactor, Fukushima(couple interesting read Fukushima-a Global Threat) and the polar caps melting and temperatures rising across the world every year, it's nice to see the little guy stand up.
New Era Colorado is a foundation that is trying to reinvent politics. A group that is trying to fight corporate greed. In 2011, Boulder, Colorado voted to localize their power supply for the sole purpose of reducing their impact on the planet, and the first city in the country to do so. This allowed them to make their own energy decisions within their community. Once they realized how bad their coal-fire based energy sources were, they tried to work with their local monoplized energy company(XCel), but this is when they realized how crooked things really were. Once they decided to run their power off renewable energy grids(such as windmills) XCel than decided to fight back and spend $1 million fighting the campaign of renewable energy. It was New Era Colorado who stepped in, and did what they do best. They got young people involved, interested, and educated in politics. And they won, for now. It is now that XCel is truly fighting back and spending massive amounts of money in advertising. They realize that Boulder, Colorado makes them $35 million a year. More than that, they realize the chain effect this could have on neighboring cities and communities. They don't care about the planet, they care about their wallets, and it's this thought that is going to lead to the death of our planet.
New Era Colorado continues to fight back but without the funding that Big Oil has, they have to fight with people and social media. They need all of our help. It's up to us to to take back our planet and save it from the big wigs and their deep pockets. Please go to .http://neweracolorado.org/ to learn more about what you can do to help.
One of the viral videos that New Era Colorado is using to help get the word spread...if you've got 6 minutes to spare, please watch it, it's well worth it.
No comments:
Post a Comment